Shaquille O'Neal, today's hottest basketball star and media sensation, bringsthe ultimate starpower to his first motion picture, Blue Chips, starring NickNolte. This novelization tells the story of a basketball coach who bends NCAArules to scoop up the country's top three high school players.

The essential guide to being smart about money and investing Blue Chip Kids: What Every Child (and Parent) Should Know About Money, Investing, and the Stock Market is a fun and easy-to-understand introduction to the world of money and investing for kids and parents. Frustrated by the lack of entertaining financial teaching materials for his 13-year-old son, this book is the result of a father’s commitment to pass on one of life’s most important skills. Written by David W. Bianchi—an investor and lawyer with an economics degree from Tufts University—this hands-on resource demystifies the basic principles about money matters and shows what it takes to spend, save, and invest wisely. Filled with simple examples and numerous illustrations, this easy-to-read book discusses money and investing in 100 bite-size topics. For every parent who wants their children to develop the skills to invest wisely and become responsible money managers, regular savers, and to earn money while they sleep, this book is a must-have.

Clay Tumey conducted a series of bank robberies throughout 2006 before calling it quits soon after the birth of his son. Jett was still a baby when his father went to jail. Growing up, visits with Daddy meant buying Cool Ranch Doritos or blue chips as he called them because of their blue bag from the vending machines and snacking together. Jett didn t realize that the blue chip store was actually prison. "The Blue Chip Store" details the life of a class clown who rarely saw the need to submit to authority as a child. And when those childhood patterns resurfaced as an adult, they only presented bigger problems with greater consequences. For most people, the distinction between prison and freedom is obvious. For Clay, however, the journey to true freedom began with a set of handcuffs. A true story about crime, prison, and second chances, "The Blue Chip Store" is about finding freedom in captivity."

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How to make money investing in high-quality, low-risk stocks Purple Chips presents a unique stock-picking method based on identifying great companies based on simple visual examinations of financial health, applying three basic criteria to distinguish high-performing purple chip stocks from mere blue chip investments. The book also delves into the psychology of investing, arguing that most investors are better suited to winning small gains often and losing occasionally, rather than taking small losses often and winning big from time to time. In seven succinct chapters that feature plenty of helpful examples, graphs, and charts, author John Schwinghamer presents a simple and effective way to win with stocks. For more information, please visit www.PurpleChips.com.

Following the straightforward system of investing in stick-to-quality blue-chip stocks with reliable dividend histories, investors will gain the confidence to make sophisticated stock market decisions and obtain solid value for their investment dollars.

If you think your industry is competitive, you wouldn't believe the selling skills necessary to assemble a championship football team! In the world of college football, the effort to attract talented players is known as "recruiting," but it's not like the human resources recruiting you see in a typical company. College football recruiting is marketing in its purest and most competitive form. In this one-of-a-kind book, Jeff Beals shares the sales-and-marketing secrets of famous football coaches such as Barry Switzer, Tom Osborne, Phillip Fulmer, Gary Barnett, John Cooper, Hayden Fry, R.C. Slocum, Jim Donnan, Joe Moglia and Jeff Tedford. The result is a page-turning sales book that reads like a novel. Study the gridiron's greatest salesmen -- and imitate their strategies and tactics -- and become a better marketer regardless of your profession!